italy is coming in. again, we'll keep an eye for my comments from mario monti throughout the day. >> the market is focused on the yen. it's been weaker across the board today. the yen has been down for the lowest in a year against the greenback. we hit 84.48. it's pulled back from that. sterling/dollar is steady at 1.6185. plenty of focus on the dollar and continuing ongoing fiscal cliff discussions. meanwhile, in china, leaders there have wrapped up their weekend of economic plan, a list of must-dos next year. also across expectations of any big stimulus, much like the $600,000 boost that we got in 2009. eunice is with us once again from beijing. hi, eunice. sum it up for us. >> well, i would say that we saw a lot of bright moves, a lot of brush strokes, but nothing in terms of specifics. for the most part, the policymakers were saying all the right things. they were saying they hope to see more economic reforms, that they hope to see more in terms of a shift in terms of, you know, moving the economy aw